The Essence of Pleasure Distilled into Paintings For Sale.

My paintings are all about the ultimate joy in life which we can feel. They work to try to capture the joy and feelings of upliftment which we al seek to find through whatever we are doing.

We all love to have fun, enjoy life, smile and be happy. Behind these emotions is a beauty which we can access at these special and rare times of pure pleasure, in whatever place or activity it may be.

I have spent much of my life chasing this illusive and special beauty which we feel in our times of joy and happiness;  from the Himalayas, to the Pacific islands, from hedonistic skiing in the alps to sailing and surfing in the Caribbean, from spiritual gurus to beautiful women, from sunning in the Indian Ocean to blissful meditating in the depths of Asia’s spiritual heritage.

I have chased this nugget of gold all round the world and it has been a lot of fun, it’s a really great job to have to do, but someone has to!

I always have my camera or paint brush to hand to capture these moments of pure happiness. When I hit on a particularly rich seam of pleasure, happiness, joy and fun I rush in to capture its essence. In these images and especially the paintings I have strived to distil this illusive path to joy and pleasure into a concentrated form. In my paintings I have used special techniques of light and dark, sparkling colours, inspirational brush strokes, gold and silver leaf and everything else which can stimulate these feelings of upliftment and pleasure. I try to produce a link from beyond the physical to make images which replicate these feelings in the paintings, once I have returned home. Fun, joy, happiness and pleasure rule the waves and oceans, so take a look at the painting to see if it works for you. It does for me. I love my paintings, do you?

Check out the paintings for sale on the web site from colourful tropical sunset oil paintings to skiing in the frozen mountain tops. This year I am moving towards painting larger paintings for sale as they give me so much fun. You really feel like you are sucked into the paintings when you stand in front of them, especially the sunsets. This winter will see my first large skiing and snowboarding paintings released for sale. Most of the ski paintings for sale over the last few years have been small and make great collections for the wall. This year I will take on the challenge to make a very big ski painting for the wall. Check out the facebook page or the blog this winter for more paintings for sale as they are released.